Window-shade bracket and curtain-pole support.



c. K. LEJKEN. WINDOW SHADE BRACKET AND CURTAIN POLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1916, Y

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

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CARL K. 'IlijKEN -OF PETERSBUBG, .NORTH DAKOTA.

-WINDOW-SI-IADE BRACKET AND CURTAIN-POLE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14., 191 '7.

Application filed August 23, 1916. Serial N o.116,50'2.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, CARL K. LoKnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Petersburg, in the county of Nelson and State of North Dakota, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in VVindow-Shade Brackets and Curtain -Pole Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawin s.

This invention relates to devices for supporting window shades and curtain poles and particularly to devices so designed that the window shade brackets may be adjusted to suit different sizes of windows.

The general object of my invention is to provide a simple, efflcient and relatively cheap article of this character, so constructed that it may be readily applied to the facing board of a window frame, without injuring this window frame and without the necessity of marring the window frame by driving nails or screws into said frame.

A further object is to provide a device of II this character which includes adjustable window frame clamps, and an adjustable curtain pole and shade support.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my window shade support applied to a window frame; and

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the support.

Referring to these figures, it will be seen that my improved support comprises two clamping sections, designated generally 10 and 11. Each section is made of relatively thin metal having a flange 12 on one edge and an outwardly bent ear 18 projecting at right angles to the flange. The upper end of each section 10 or 11 is formed with an flange or wall 14 and an upwardly projecting ear 15. The ears 15 on the two sections and the ears 13 confront each other but are held in adjusted engagement by screws 16 and 17, there being a head 18 for the screw 16 and one for the screw 17 whereby these sections may be formed toward each other. The inner face of the section 10 is provided with a lining 19 of rubber, felt or other suitable material.

It will be seen that the two clamping sections, designated generally 10 and 11, when they are disposed in engagement with each other, as illustrated in Fig. 1, provide a corner piece, generally rectangular in form, open at its lower end and open at its inside face-so :as to embrace the lintel of the "window and form a more or less ornamental finish for the corner of the 'lintel. It will also been seen that each section 10 or 11 has a top flange l5 and an end flange l2 disposed in right angular relation to each other and to the outer face of the section.

Projecting from the face of the section 10 are screw-threaded shanks 20, with which the screw-threaded heads 21 are adapted to engage and disposed against this outer face of the section 10 is a plate 22 which is transversely slotted, as at 23, the shanks 20 projecting through the slots and the heads 21 engaging against the face of the plate to hold it in adjusted position.

Mounted upon the plate is a bracket which may be either constructed to merely support the shade or constructed both to support the shade and the curtain pole. I have illustrated the latter construction in which the plate is provided with a bracket 24 supporting the semi-circular curtain pole seat 25 and slotted for the reception of the gudgeon of a shade roller.

In the practical use of my invention the back plate of the section 11 is forced into position behind the front board A of the lintel of the window casing. The outer section 10 is then applied to the outer corner of this lintel and the sections are connected to each other by means of the clamp screws 16 and 17. The plate 22 is then adjusted toward the frame or middle of the window, as may be desired and clamped in its adjusted position by the clamping heads 21.

y device is very simple, may be cheaply made, is easily applied and ous that it does not mar the window in any way. While I have illustrated the preferred form of my invention herein, it is obvious that it may be changed in many ways without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is 1. A device for supporting window shades and poles comprising two sheet metal sections, each section having a top flange, and a side flange in right-angular relation to each other and to the face of the section, each of these flanges being formed with anit will be obvi-' gularly projecting ears, the ears on one section confronting the ears on the other section, clamp bolts engaging said ears with each other, screw-threaded studs projecting from the face of one of said sections, a bracket supporting plate having transverse slots through which said studs pass, and heads on the studs holding the plate in adjusted position.

2. A device of the character described comprising oppositely disposed sections adapted to engage over the end of the lintel of a window, each section having a top flange and a side flange in right angular relation to each other and to the face of the section, whereby said sections when disposed Copies of this patent may be obtained for in cooperative relation provide an approximately rectangular casing for the corner of a lintel, the casing being open at its lower end and on its inside face, means for drawing said sections toward each other and holding them in adjusted position, and a bracket supporting plate detachably mounted upon the face of one of the sections and adjustable transversely to said sections.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CARL K. LoKEN.

Witnesses:

MAUn'r K. L6KEN, C. F. MCERLANE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, .D. G. 

